Psalms 56

¹Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.

²Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.

³Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.

⁴My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,

⁵My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,

⁶My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,

⁷When I am afraid,

⁸When I am afraid,

⁹When I am afraid,

¹⁰In God, I praise his word.

¹¹In God, I praise his word.

¹²In God, I praise his word.

¹³All day long they twist my words.

¹⁴All day long they twist my words.

¹⁵All day long they twist my words.

¹⁶They conspire and lurk,

¹⁷They conspire and lurk,

¹⁸They conspire and lurk,

¹⁹Shall they escape by iniquity?

²⁰Shall they escape by iniquity?

²¹Shall they escape by iniquity?

²²You count my wanderings.

²³You count my wanderings.

²⁴You count my wanderings.

²⁵Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.

²⁶Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.

²⁷Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.

²⁸In God, I will praise his word.

²⁹In God, I will praise his word.

³⁰In God, I will praise his word.

³¹I have put my trust in God.

³²I have put my trust in God.

³³I have put my trust in God.

³⁴Your vows are on me, God.

³⁵Your vows are on me, God.

³⁶Your vows are on me, God.

³⁷For you have delivered my soul from death,

³⁸For you have delivered my soul from death,

³⁹For you have delivered my soul from death,